Delta | International Aviation HQ

26Aug

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Comair: Delta’s Forgotten Airline

Over the past few weeks, we've looked at Delta's previous subsidiaries, including Delta Express and Song Airlines. However, not Comair, the Delta Connection airline owned by Delta. However, in September 2012, Delta closed the airline down, with the industry never being quite the same again! But why did Delta close them down? What legacy did it leave? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation Delta, as with most major airlines of its day focused on the high density and high revenue routes. If you wanted to fly New York to London, there were hundreds of flights available to you. However, with that, there were only a handful of airlines that flew on lower density routes. Several airline entrepreneurs saw the potential in this and establis...

Delta Express: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest And Lost… The First Time.

8Aug

By Gareth SeagullNo Comments

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Delta Express: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest And Lost… The First Time.

The rise of low cost airlines has devastated airlines like Delta. As such, Delta tried to beat Southwest at their own game, using Delta Express to do so. However, this failed, but why exactly did this happen? Many of the lessons that Delta learned from the failure of Delta Express allowed them to start Song Airlines, their second low cost airline. An airline that also failed too... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Before Southwest Before Southwest was founded, Delta, as with many other legacy carriers, was one of the most profitable airlines. The Golden Age of Aviation led to Delta being extremely luxurious and quite profitable. Before and during WWII, Delta operated air mail flights as well as operating scheduled passenger flights, with the ...

Western Airlines: How California Ruled The Sky

22Jul

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

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Western Airlines: How California Ruled The Sky

Before the rise of low-cost airlines, there were eight major airlines in the US, Western Airlines being one of them. At its height, Western regularly traded places for being the largest airline in the US. However, this did not last. Eventually, Western was bought out by Delta and became one of their many acquisitions. But what was Western Airlines like to fly on? How safe was Western to fly on? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pre-Formation Following the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, and the beginning of the mass production of aircraft, saw the beginning of air mail airlines. Many of the oldest airlines in the world started out transporting mail from place to place. In 1925, the US Government and the United States Postal Service (USP...

Song Airlines: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest… and Lost

8Jul

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Airlines

Song Airlines: How Delta Tried to Beat Southwest… and Lost

The rise of low-cost airlines has been devastating to legacy carriers like Delta. However, Delta tried to beat them at their own game, through Song Airlines. However, Song Airlines was a major flop, and after only a few years of operation, was forced to stop operating. But why did that happen? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Before Southwest Before Southwest was founded, Delta was one of the most profitable airlines in the US, not to mention the world. Delta, as with most other airlines of the era, operated flights to be at the height of luxury all the time. Prior to WWII, Delta had operated mainly air mail flights, transporting mail to and from major cities along the East Coast before eventually moving in to transcontinental air mail. A...